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Perlo served in various [[New Deal]] government agencies including the National Recovery Administration (NRA) and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Perlo also was an original member of the [[Hal Ware|Ware group]]. In 1937 Perlo left government to work in the Brookings Institution, and rejoined the government in 1939. He reentered government through the United States Department of Commerce in 1939 to gather data on basic economic decisions he presented to [[Harry Hopkins]], Secretary of Commerce. In 1940 Perlo moved to an agency that became the [[Office of Price Administration]] (OPA). By 1943 he was chief of the Aviation Section of the [[War Production Board]]. The Perlo group of spies, which he headed, included a Senate staff director, and supplied the Soviet Union with United States aircraft production figures and shipments to various fronts.
Perlo served in various [[New Deal]] government agencies including the National Recovery Administration (NRA) and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Perlo also was an original member of the [[Hal Ware|Ware group]]. In 1937 Perlo left government to work in the Brookings Institution, and rejoined the government in 1939. He reentered government through the United States Department of Commerce in 1939 to gather data on basic economic decisions he presented to [[Harry Hopkins]], Secretary of Commerce. In 1940 Perlo moved to an agency that became the [[Office of Price Administration]] (OPA). By 1943 he was chief of the Aviation Section of the [[War Production Board]]. The Perlo group of spies, which he headed, included a Senate staff director, and supplied the Soviet Union with United States aircraft production figures and shipments to various fronts.
In 1943 Perlo divorced his second wife, Katherine Perlo, who told the FBI Perlo "delighted in tormenting their child and in engaging in big talk concerning what he would like to do to Government officials."<sup id="fn__back">[[#fn_1|(1)]]</sup>
In 1943 Perlo divorced his second wife, Katherine Perlo, who told the FBI Perlo "delighted in tormenting their child and in engaging in big talk concerning what he would like to do to Government officials."<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20040810040937/http://foia.fbi.gov/silversm/silversm2b.pdf FBI Silvermaster file, 135-143] (PDF pgs. 49-57)</ref>
In 1945 he transferred to the Division of Monetary Research, and served under [[Harry Dexter White]], followed by [[Frank Coe]] and [[Harold Glasser]]. Perlo left the government in 1947.
In 1945 he transferred to the Division of Monetary Research, and served under [[Harry Dexter White]], followed by [[Frank Coe]] and [[Harold Glasser]]. Perlo left the government in 1947.
==Notes==
==Notes==
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*<cite id="fn_2">[[#fn_2_back|Note (2):]]</cite> Perlo testimony, “Hearings Regarding Communist Espionage in the United States Government,” U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Un-American Activities, 80th Cong., 2d sess., 699–700
*<cite id="fn_2">[[#fn_2_back|Note (2):]]</cite> Perlo testimony, “Hearings Regarding Communist Espionage in the United States Government,” U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Un-American Activities, 80th Cong., 2d sess., 699–700